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U.S. general says Beijing 'hotline' possible+ |1 o9 `5 B: D7 q+ H& g' M1 r
! T9 Z/ |1 O7 ~5 v! W/ |# ]4 cBEIJING — China's military is proposing officer exchanges and other confidence-building measures with the U.S. Army and may be inching closer to setting up a “hotline” for emergency communication with Washington, the top U.S. general said Friday." {1 I7 T* [% L1 q& p; U! ~8 p4 E
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However, Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he received no new information in meetings with Chinese military chiefs about Beijing's test of an anti-satellite weapon in January that raised concern in Washington. He said he continued to press China's generals for more transparency about the aims of their military buildup. 4 c+ |: R* C# @) O ! V) O9 a+ Z; J9 P3 y# u“I used the example of the anti-satellite test as how sometimes the international community can be confused, because it was a surprise that China did that, and it wasn't clear what their intent was,” Gen. Pace said.' t# `! b: u! h
" Y# _- [" z! F# |. U& ?: n$ SGen. Pace said he immediately agreed to study the proposals put forward Friday by Gen. Liang Guanglie, chief of the PLA's General Staff Department. Liang's move suggested a departure from the skepticism with which the highly secretive People's Liberation Army has long regarded co-operation with the U.S. military.5 x9 ^8 a% g q1 i. W3 {% A
3 N% ^- f! I# A. j“To me this was a very good, open discussion and one that I found very encouraging,” Gen. Pace told reporters in Beijing." Q" B4 @4 N: l S- S
4 K1 W7 J9 @& @ A. j1 M1 z+ cGen. Liang's proposals included sending Chinese cadets to the Army academy at West Point as well as participating in joint exercises and humanitarian and relief-at-sea operations “that might be able to build trust and confidence amongst our forces.” % i) L* o+ i$ I( F: ?2 L" Z9 t: `- N4 R& g: Q4 L) l
Military exchanges were largely suspended following a collision between a U.S. spy plane and a Chinese jet fighter over the South China Sea in 2001. The Chinese pilot was killed and the U.S. crew held captive after making an emergency landing at a Chinese air base. ; b2 O2 ~- g% p2 j* K9 K! K & D! L* J3 _ |/ gDuring that crisis, communication between the sides was spotty and at times non-existent, largely because Washington had no direct channel of communications with the Chinese leadership.$ U5 o$ m% g; D$ x" b7 Z/ }2 D% t
" t& T5 V" A2 Y8 B( QGen. Pace said the sides agreed to keep discussing setting up a “hotline” between either military or civilian leaders that would help ease any future friction.' @/ c" s# F2 }' g
2 ^5 {9 t( E# \' Y“The Chinese military understands as well as I do that the opportunity to pick up the phone and talk to somebody you know and smooth out misunderstandings quickly is a very important part of relations between two countries,” Gen. Pace said. 3 M8 X4 ?6 ?, Y9 ]9 E d# P. u, Z' O- q+ ?
Deep mistrust remains, however, particularly over Washington's close military ties with Japan and commitment to help ensure the defence of Taiwan, the self-governing island that China considers its own territory and which it has threatened to use force to recover. 7 U( c9 G7 `$ o6 U% k : K& J% X T" W: V. c; T6 h# E9 O0 r% iChina has complained about U.S. plans to sell a batch of more than 400 missiles to Taiwan, but Gen. Pace said he had no details and didn't indicate whether the deal was mentioned in discussions. 7 W. A- ^4 K+ F/ D) h1 D: B+ U( e% v, i
Asked about the possibility of a conflict over Taiwan, he said: “I believe there are good faith efforts among all the leadership to prevent that.” 6 G7 b* o6 b$ S- R* ~; L & O. L6 }& g/ FThe general didn't say how the Chinese officers responded to his calls for more transparency. China raised its military budget by 17.8 per cent this year to about $45-billion (U.S.) -- the biggest jump since 1995. The Pentagon says actual Chinese defence spending could be twice as high.4 u2 g$ |* Q% @9 E& K2 J) u: H" Q
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The spending boost and January's satellite test, in which China became only the third country to destroy an object in space by pulverizing one of its own unused satellites with a missile warhead, heightened the sense of unease in Washington over China's 2.3 million-member armed forces./ \" ^9 y' p/ }* `' W* J3 a, k
& ?- g9 I* w' v - I6 B! O% N8 h! N( C # d/ Z) ^3 H) t: Q( } 8 j! V+ R( c0 x8 mChairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Peter Pace inspects the guard of honor during a welcome ceremony at the Defence Ministry in Beijing March 22, 2007.
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